In July, Google changed how its Flights tool calculates emissions to exclude all global warming impacts except CO2, understating flight emissions by nearly half Techmeme · 3 months ago
Twitter reiterates its false or spam account average estimate, saying it performed an internal review and found they represented "fewer than 5%" of MAUs in Q2 Techmeme · 4 months ago
UK-based Internet Watch Foundation, a charity helping identify CSAM, says it has created hashes of 1M images of child sexual abuse to help prevent their reuse Techmeme · 6 months ago
Emerging evidence that mindfulness can sometimes increase selfish tendencies Hacker News · 7 months ago
The UK says the Digital Markets Unit will be given powers to clamp down on Big Tech's predatory practices, with necessary legislation introduced "in due course" Techmeme · 7 months ago
Central African Republic lawmakers vote unanimously to adopt bitcoin as legal tender, the second country to use bitcoin as official currency after El Salvador Techmeme · 7 months ago
The UK's Department for Transport outlines self-driving vehicle rules, including letting drivers watch TV on built-in screens, ahead of a full framework in 2025 Techmeme · 7 months ago
UK police charge a 16-year-old with five counts and a 17-year-old with six counts related to the Lapsus$ gang; the teenagers remain in custody Techmeme · 8 months ago
UK police arrest seven people aged 16 to 21 as part of an investigation "into a hacking group", but did not say if the teenager behind Lapsus$ is among them Techmeme · 8 months ago
Researcher posing as a 13-year-old girl joined VRChat, an app on Steam and Meta's Quest, and witnessed grooming, sexual material, a rape threat, racist insults Techmeme · 9 months ago
An elaborate con that tricked dozens into working for a fake design agency Hacker News · 9 months ago
Modern human incursion into Neanderthal territories 54k years ago at Mandrin Hacker News · 10 months ago
Meta reports Q4 ad revenue of $32.6B, up from $27.2B in Q4 2020, but warns sales growth could be just 3% in Q1 2022 due to inflation and supply chain issues Techmeme · 10 months ago
Amazon says it has updated Alexa after the voice assistant "challenged" a 10-year-old girl to touch a penny to the prongs of a half-inserted plug Techmeme · 11 months ago
The UK's ad regulator bans two ads by Arsenal FC promoting its Socios-based Fan Tokens, saying the soccer club "failed to illustrate the risk of the investment" Techmeme · 11 months ago
A look at Russia's efforts to censor Western social media with fines and takedown requests, as most posts Russia wanted removed in 2021 were pro-Navalny content Techmeme · 11 months ago